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How to Create a Vista Password Reset Disk with a USB Flash Drive?

Apr 13, 2010/ Posted by Todd Clark
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Each of us may say "thank goodness" when we successfully retrieve the Windows Vista password, and we will not feel any pity on the money cost on it or feel been troubled by tedious process. Well, you no longer need to rack your brains now, for the Windows Vista password reset disk offer a free insurance on retrieving your Windows Vista password for your computer. Want to get one? If so, please follow the step-by-step tutorial below to create your own Windows Vista password reset disk.

Part 1. What you should know before creating a Windows Vista password reset disk

1. Prepare a blank and formatted USB flash drive to create a Windows Vista password reset disk.

2. One computer needs one disk only. You don't need to recreate the disk when you change the password or you have several Admin accounts on your Windows Vista PC.

3. You are unable to use the password reset disk on other computers. This password reset disk can only take effect on the computer you create it. That's to say, if you put the disk into another computer even though they sharing the same user name, this disk cannot reset Windows password on the second computer.

4. Please keep your Windows Vista password reset disk in a safe place, or else other persons may use it to log on your computer.

Part 2. Guides on how to create a Windows Vista password reset disk

Creating a Windows Vista password reset disk will only take several KB storage capacity of your USB flash drive, it will cost a waste of the USB flash drives if it is in GB size. Now, let's get start.
Log on Windows Vista with the administrator's account, and follow the steps below:

Step 1. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts , click the user name account which you are going to create a Windows Vista password reset disk.

How to Create a Vista Password Reset Disk with a USB Flash Drive?

Step 2. Click Create a password reset disk.

Step 3. When the Forgotten Password Reset Wizard runs, please click Next.

Step 4. Browse the USB flash drive in the Drop-down menu of I want to create a password key disk in the following drive.

Step 5. Enter the password in Current user account password, and then click Next.

Step 6. The Wizard is creating the Windows Vista password reset disk. While it finished, please click the Next button.

Step 7. Click Finish to exit Wizard and safely remove the USB Flash drive. Now you have successful create a Windows Vista password reset disk, please label it and keep it in a safe place. Next time, when you forgot Windows Vista password, you can use it to reset Windows Vista password easily and quickly.

Part 3. Procedures on how to reset Windows Vista password with the reset disk

Step 1. Insert the created password reset disk USB flash into your computer.

Step 2. When you entering a wrong password of the user name, a hint will appear: The user name or password is incorrect. Click OK and you are back to the login Window. Click Reset password.

Step 3. You can see the password reset wizard is running. On the Welcome screen, click Next.

Step 4. Choose your USB flash drive in the drop-down menu and click Next.

Step 5. After the Password Reset Wizard finished the reading of your saved password, you need to enter a new password in the Type a new password box and you can enter a hint to the password if you want to. And then Click Next, it will show that you have successfully reset your Windows Vista password.

Step 6. When every step comes to the end, you can click Finish. Please return to the welcome screen now, and log on your computer with the new password.

As a Windows 7 PC user you are also welcomed to view the guide for creating a Windows 7 password reset disk. And if you have forgotten your Windows password when you read this tutorial, you can follow this step-by-step guide to reset Vista password.

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